ANT313H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Liao River, Cishan Culture, Jiahu
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Anthropocene: human have modified environment so much , a lot of artifical. No holocene and pliestocene epipaleolithic and neolithiization appeared over time in pliestocen in east asia. 18,000-13,000 bp cold and dry - broad spectrum diet ; collector and foragers archaeological obeservation: change in technologyies especially microblades in n china. Microblades are compound tools , very efficent no finidngs in korea during this time. Tendency to settle sites on river terraces in mountainous basins. Wild or cultivated broomcorn millet and foxtail millet. Live in realtively rich envori(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t so do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to (cid:373)ove too (cid:373)u(cid:272)h (cid:271)ut still (cid:373)ove. Termina lpliestocene- holocene transition 13,000-10,000: climate imporved with a deterioration in. Climate improved toward the onset of the holocene nuts and shellfish become seasonally abundant. Appearance of the earliest domesticated animal in china ( dog) Sedentism: settlement systems in which atleast part of the pop remains at the same location throughout the entire year.